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Your brain on JavaScript. Here you are trying to learn something, while here your brain is doing you a favor by making sure the learning doesn’t stick. Your brain’s thinking, “Better leave room for more important things, like which wild animals to avoid and whether naked snowboarding is a bad idea.” So how do you trick your brain into thinking that your life depends on knowing JavaScript?
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JavaScript gives you superpowers. The true programming language of the web, JavaScript lets you add behavior to your web pages. No more dry, boring, static pages that just sit there looking at you—with JavaScript, you’ll be able to reach out and touch your users, react to interesting events, grab data from the web to use in your pages, draw graphics right into those pages, and a lot more. And once you know JavaScript, you’ll also be in a position to create totally new behaviors for your users.
You’ll be in good company, too. JavaScript’s not only one of the most popular programming languages, it’s also supported in all modern browsers and is used in many environments outside of the browser. More on that later; for now, let’s get started!